Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170886501 - Employee's foot crushed between steel plate and curb

Accident Summary Nr: 170886501 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119683704	01/28/1997	1794	0	Mountain Cascade Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on a concrete curb that was 18 in. from two stacks of steel plates that were to be placed over an open trench. An excavator was moving out of the way so a loader could place the plates over the trench when the track of the excavator struck the top steel plate and moved it toward the curb. Employee #1 had just stepped off the curb and was stepping back onto it when the plate moved. His foot was pinned against the curb for approximately 3 0r 4 seconds before the excavator moved and released the plate. Employee #1's foot was crushed.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR, COMMUNICATION, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119683704			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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